Charges dropped against women accused of threatening another with hammer and gun

Published: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 12:09 p.m.

Last Modified: Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 12:09 p.m.

The state has dropped the charges against two women accused of threatening a third woman with a claw hammer and gun.

Tiarra G. Cohen, 24, and Marisha S. Swanigan, 23, were arrested Nov. 4, 2012, and were released the same day after posting bond. Cohen was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, and Swanigan with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Both women were arrested after approaching the victim in a residential driveway in the 3000 block of Southeast 17th Court. According to reports, Cohen and Swanigan confronted the woman after a previous incident between her and a relative of one of the two women.

After the argument, officials said, the victim got into her car and tried to back out of her driveway, but the car the two women were traveling in was in the way. The victim told police that as she inched her car toward the other car, Cohen pulled out a gun and Swanigan produced a claw hammer. The victim called 911 and the other two women left.

Cohen and Swanigan told police there had been an argument, but it did not involve any weapons.

<p>The state has dropped the charges against two women accused of threatening a third woman with a claw hammer and gun.</p><p>Tiarra G. Cohen, 24, and Marisha S. Swanigan, 23, were arrested Nov. 4, 2012, and were released the same day after posting bond. Cohen was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm, and Swanigan with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.</p><p>Both women were arrested after approaching the victim in a residential driveway in the 3000 block of Southeast 17th Court. According to reports, Cohen and Swanigan confronted the woman after a previous incident between her and a relative of one of the two women.</p><p>After the argument, officials said, the victim got into her car and tried to back out of her driveway, but the car the two women were traveling in was in the way. The victim told police that as she inched her car toward the other car, Cohen pulled out a gun and Swanigan produced a claw hammer. The victim called 911 and the other two women left.</p><p>Cohen and Swanigan told police there had been an argument, but it did not involve any weapons.</p><p><i>Contact April Warren at 867-4065 or april.warren@ocala.com.</i></p>